🚀Mission Briefing 👩🚀Mars Horizon 2 Developer Update #16
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[/p][h3]Hi Aurochnauts![/h3][p]It's the August Mission Briefing: Developer Update for Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life.[/p][p]Want to talk all things Mars Horizon? Join our Discord to talk to other Mars Horizon and space fans. 🚀[/p][p][/p][p]![]()
[/p][h2]👨🏻🚀 What have the devs been working on recently? 👨🏻🚀 [/h2][p]In our last update, we shared how we've been focusing on improving controller support and exploring new ways for players to move and follow directions, as well as refining the functionality of our missions.[/p][p]This month, we've been working hard on the game's tutorial. For strategy games like Mars Horizon, tutorials are key for helping onboard players and getting them up to speed. Once players have a good grasp of the basics, systems, and controls, they can start experimenting and refining their strategy - a crucial step for winning in the search for life. Everyone learns differently, though, so to make a truly great tutorial, there is a lot of testing, gathering feedback, watching people play, and observing where different players hit a roadblock or how they understand things. The recent playtests with local Bristol game developers have been super helpful in this. We learn so much from seeing fresh approaches to our game![/p][p]During August, we've also been really focusing on something we can't talk about just yet, but we are very excited for players to see soon... 🤫[/p][p][/p][h2]![]()
[/h2][h2]🤫 Mars Horizon Happenings 🤫[/h2][p]From 20 - 24 August, it was Gamescom in Cologne. Gamescom is the world's largest gaming event and attracts gamers, developers, and publishers from all over the world. Some of the Auroch team were there holding important meetings about our games, including a certain space-themed one.[/p][p]Mars Horizon 1 and 2 are currently part of the "Back to School" Games celebration hosted by Lofi Gaming and Mooncube games. Check out the full celebration here for great deals on some awesome games![/p][p]Lastly, we've got some exciting things to share soon for Mars Horizon. The team is working very hard behind the scenes on something we know our players will love. Make sure to join our Discord or sign up for our mailing list to be the first to hear...[/p][p][/p][p]![]()
[/p][h2]📰 Latest space-related news 📰[/h2][p]What's been happening recently in space news? Well, let's take a look! [/p]
- [p]📷 ESA's week in images 18 - 22 August - Some amazing pictures from ESA for the week 18 - 22 August, including the above beautiful image of Aurora Australis over Concordia station. Click on the images for more information![/p]
- [p]🚀 Mission success for flight VA264! A huge congratulations to the Ariane Space team for their recent successful launch, which placed EUMETSAT's Metop-SGA1 satellite into orbit. Read more about it here.[/p]
- [p]🌌 SpaceX has a successful test launch with Starship Flight 10 - Starship is SpaceX's next-generation rocket, designed for the ultimate purpose of sending humans to Mars. With this successful test flight, that dream gets a little bit closer.[/p]